Overview

• He is in a five-day intake quarantine at Klong Prem, and his lawyer says he cannot meet or speak with him during this period.
• Accounts of the prison describe floor sleeping with three blankets, communal bathing, bland meals and a risk of violence in the maximum-security complex of about 6,500 inmates that has held figures such as Viktor Bout.
• A former Corrections official says he will likely be housed with elderly political prisoners, and ex-inmates warn his profile could attract both hostility and followers who act as bodyguards, a dynamic known as becoming a “somdet.”
• Reporters have not been able to confirm his specific placement inside the facility, and the Corrections Department has not responded to requests for comment.
• A Corrections source says he remains eligible for detention outside prison, including house arrest, while a separate source says trained inmate minders have been assigned for his safety and he slept well on his second night.